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Icon of the month: The Olympic rings

Simon Jones

The hardest-fought competition at this summer's olympics in Beijing will probably be between Nike and Adidas. Each has around 4,000 retail outlets in China and both want more. Will Nike's tactics of sponsoring individual athletes bear most fruit, or will Adidas have more advantage from being an
official partner?

The gold medal for sports branding, however, has already been won. ...

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